MEANINGFULLY Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

meaningfully

adverb

Definition of meaningfully

as in sensibly

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Recent Examples of meaningfully Neither Halo 4 nor 5 meaningfully evolved the gameplay formula or overarching narrative. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Advertisement The question now is whether commercial demand for invasive Asian carp can grow large enough to meaningfully reduce their populations. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 If a more serious issue was sitting somewhere else in the system, the utility has now spent money, spent crew time and created an outage window, all without making the system meaningfully better. — Charlie Sanchez, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 To be sure, the notion that pills and Medicare's temporary Bridge access program are meaningfully growing the GLP-1 market isn't new — Lilly CEO David Ricks made this case in a September CNBC interview. — Kevin Stankiewicz,jeff Marks, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 In practice, that means defaults can differ meaningfully between full-service and select-service properties within the same loyalty portfolio. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 Gilbert described that assignment as a casual acquaintance asking his father to voice a cartoon, without Danny meaningfully appreciating the companies involved. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 In a standard-sized, relatively flat yard, a few small swales, scattered around, can meaningfully slow down water. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Heading into the 2027 offseason, with many of the league’s stars locked into long-term contracts, four unrestricted free agents could meaningfully change teams’ fortunes. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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My favorite picture in the book finds a sensibly blue Subaru station wagon that has somehow turned on its side in the middle of the night.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Given the limited floorspace, Tiny Tect Tiny Houses has sensibly kept the interior layout quite simple.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of sensibly

Adverb

More relevantly, the fine is not going to hurt them to any real degree.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
If the answer to that question is no, or more relevantly, not soon enough to satisfy investors’ expectations about the future, then the fallout in global equities could be brutal.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025

Definition of relevantly

Adverb

And, perhaps most pertinently, can football learn anything from this?

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The framing device recalls classic stage-to-screen thrillers such as Sleuth and, more pertinently, Death Trap, both being one-location cat-and-mouse thrillers in which the power balance constantly changes.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pertinently

Adverb

Bryant alleged that police relied on the other man’s phone recording without adequately investigating what preceded it.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
These scanners perform adequately for many vehicle owners, delivering error codes that commonly occur.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of adequately

Adverb

There’s no slicing and dicing without a sufficiently sharp edge.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
According to The Guardian, Lett allowed a BBC subpoena directed to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to proceed Thursday, finding the club sufficiently connected to Trump’s professional activities to fall within the scope of discovery.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of sufficiently

Adverb

Given that the Touch Bar is no more, this stumbling block was never satisfactorily overcome.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The one question that was asked repeatedly, but was never satisfactorily answered, was why the Linwood store had been chosen for the turnover.

— Eric Adler July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

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